Houston, TX : Head-on crash involving Houston police officer leaves 1 dead, 1 injured in Fort Bend County on Friday, 12th August, 2016

One person died and another was injured Friday morning in a head-on crash involving an off-duty Houston police officer in Fort Bend County.
The two-vehicle wreck happened about 6:30 a.m. on Beechnut near Westmoor, according to the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office.
An off-duty officer with the Houston Police Department was driving a Chevrolet Tahoe when he collided with a Chevrolet Corvette. Head-on crash involving Houston police officer leaves 1 dead, 1 injured in Fort Bend Co.
By Dale Lezon Updated 4:30 pm, Friday, August 12, 2016,Fort Bend County Sheriff's and Fire Dept. personnel are shown at the scene of a fatal head-on collision on Beechnut between FM 1464 and Westmoor Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, in Richmond. In a statement from the Fort Bend County SheriffÕs office the crash involved an off-duty Houston Police Department officer, who was driving a Chevrolet Tahoe. The victim was a Richmond-area man who was driving a Corvette. Photo: Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle / © 2016 Houston Chronicle
Photo: Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle
IMAGE 1 OF 19 Fort Bend County Sheriff's and Fire Dept. personnel are shown at the scene of a fatal head-on collision on Beechnut between FM 1464 and Westmoor Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, in Richmond. In a statement from the Fort ... more
One person died and another was injured Friday morning in a head-on crash involving an off-duty Houston police officer in Fort Bend County.
The two-vehicle wreck happened about 6:30 a.m. on Beechnut near Westmoor, according to the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office.
An off-duty officer with the Houston Police Department was driving a Chevrolet Tahoe when he collided with a Chevrolet Corvette.

The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office identified the Corvette driver as Brian Manring, 36, of the Richmond area. The off-duty officer has not been identified.
Deputies said when they detected the presence of alcohol on the off-duty officer, they asked him to take field sobriety tests, but he refused. Then a warrant was obtained and the officer was taken to Memorial Hermann – Katy hospital for a blood draw as well as for treatment for his minor injuries.

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Head-on crash involving Houston police officer leaves 1 dead, 1 injured in Fort Bend